2016 – Page 46

So far the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has received 29 complaints about the elections, with calls for recounts or the annulment of specific elections and calling new ones. The PRM candidate for senator for Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua) province, Alexis Victoria Yeb has asked the TSE to suspend the proclamation of the winner by the …

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The Municipal Electoral Board Office in Hato Mayor has been set alight by persons unknown. According to the police, the fire is thought to have started at around 12.45am yesterday, Monday 23 May 2016. The arsonists are suspected to have got in through the back door, before setting fire to the building using gasoline. The …

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In around three months, much of the Dominican Armada (Navy) will begin to move to its new headquarters in Boca Chica. The 27 Febrero Naval Base has been the headquarters of the Armada for more than 30 years but it will be moving to a new base comprised of four five-floor buildings. It will house …

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The government handed over 98 new buses to the Metropolitan Transport Office (OMSA) yesterday, Monday 23 May 2016 to improve public transport. Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta, who led the ceremony, said that the buses had cost around RD$630 million and that with their addition OMSA now had a fleet of 430. …

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According to a new report by Deloitte, in 1980, 6% of the population of the Dominican Republic was obese but by 2014 that figure had increased to 22%. In 1981, the National Statistics Office (ONE) reported that the country had 5,545,741 inhabitants, and now there are around 10 million. Deloitte’s report points out that obesity …

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The Citizen Safety Observatory’s results for the first quarter of 2016 show that the murder rate in the Dominican Republic is down 14% compared to the same period in 2015, but traffic accidents and suicides are up. Diario Libre reporters point out that Sunday is the day when most traffic accidents occur. From January to …

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Members of the Criminal Investigation Division (DICRIM) in Nigua, San Cristobal have recovered the money that was stolen from a bank in Puerto Plata on 3 May. The money totaled RD$443,000 and US$201. According to investigators it was found in a bag in a house in Los Multi in Nigua, where it had been hidden …

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Dominicans are celebrating the crowning of a new queen Clarissa Molina who has become the new “Nuestra Belleza Latina.” For second year in a row, a Dominican beauty queen has nabbed the coveted title for the country. Her fellow Dominican, Francisca Lachapel, won “Nuestra Belleza Latina” in 2015. A total of twelve contestants competed in …

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The Galeria Nacional de Bellas Artes at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Gazcue, Santo Domingo is presenting “Mi Psico-Expresionismo”, an exhibition by New York-based Dominican visual artist, Oscar Abreu. The exhibition has the backing of the Ministry of Culture and the Direccion General de Bellas Artes, the Galeria Nacional de Bellas Artes and the …

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President Danilo Medina chose his home province of San Juan de la Maguana, where his sister Lucia (Yomaira) Medina Sanchez has been re-elected deputy for his first post-election weekend visit yesterday, Sunday 22 May 2016. Political analysts say that Lucia Medina’s high share of the vote helped Felix Bautista retain his senate seat. Both are …

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